Race Relations in Britain since 1945 provides a critical overview of the origins, development and present state of race relations in Britain. Highly contentious, the field of race relations is closely related to a number of issues which are regarded to be at the very heart of contemporary British life. Professor Goulbourne draws on a variety of historical, sociological, anthropological and political analyses to construct and advance a convincing and persuasive argument about differential incorporation into British society or inequality based on colour in the imperial and colonial era as well as the contemporary period.

HARRY GOULBOURNE is Professor of Sociology at South Bank University, London, UK.

The Problem of a Field of Race Relations
Imperial and Post-Industrial Backgrounds
The Political Context
Some Practical Problems of the Multi-Cultural Society
Outlawing Racial Discrimination
Good Race Relations and the Production of Knowledge
British Race Relations in Perspective
Bibliography
Index.